CHAPTER 3
Both Doctors were sitting in the living room, laughing even hours after the TARDIS landed in the corner of the dining room.
"I never knew I was so entertaining! I should talk to myself more often," The Doctor laughed and took a sip of tea."so," the doctor said after Rose had gone to bed. "How far along is she?" He asked, talking another sip of tea.
"8 months, 2weeks, and 1 day," replied John.
"She's still as beautiful as I remember her," the doctor said.
"She is," john said a little defensively. "Can I ask you a question?" He said, leaning back in his chair and brushing his hand through his hair.
"Yeah, what do you have in mind?" The Doctor asked a little skeptically
"Where do u plan on going next?" John asked. His eyes watching.
The Doctor smiled. "Well, I was planning on going to Axelon, but if I do, I know I will find someone there and offer them a chance to travel; and then eventually, they will leave, and again I will be alone," he paused, taking a sip of his tea. "I'll go where ever the TARDIS wants to take me, then I'll live out the rest of this life in solitude; there will be no more pain. The universe can take care of itself, it always has. I've just been the man in the background, helping it move along, but not anymore,"
"That sounds quite lonely, don't you think?" Asked John. The doctor just smiled.
"It's nothing I'm not used to," he said. "You should know, you have the memories,"
John's brown eyes grew darker, but he quickly became himself again. "Yes, I remember all about loneliness, and I've never liked it,"
The awkward conversation was interrupted by a shrill scream from up stairs.
"Honey!" Screamed rose. Both men jumped up. "It's time!" Her husbands face flushed white as he froze there, his eyes wide. The Doctor on the other hand snapped into action.
"Hey! John! Wake up! Your wife is having your child!" Yelled the Doctor.
They both rushed up the stairs and helped Rose up and down the stairs into the TARDIS.
"I had forgotten how convenient a TARDIS was," said John as he set rose down by the staircase. "You remodeled!" He said as he ran over to help the doctor with the control panel.
The TARDIS whirred and faded from the house, reappearing again in the nearest hospital waiting room.
The men helped rose out of the big blue box, ignoring the gasps and stares of the people around them. Rose was breathing in and out quickly.
"Hey! We need a doctor! My wife's having our child!" yelled John.
A few doctors rushed into action, one of the was all to familiar. "Come with me, my name is doctor Jones," the dark skinned doctor helped Rose into a wheel chair.
"Martha?" both Doctor's said at the same time.
"Is the really the time?!" Yelled Rose.
Doctor Jones quickly pushed Rose down the hallway, both Doctors following quickly behind.
"I'm sorry, I see many patients a day, have we met?" Martha said as other doctors rushed to her side.
"No never mind," the Doctor said, John was holding his wife's hand as she was rushed down the hallway.
They made it to a door and Rose was pushed in. Her husband followed as the Doctor stayed in the hallway.
Doctor Jones came out and addresses the Doctor. "This could be awhile, you can head to the waiting room if you'd like, and maybe move your police box," she said nonchalantly as if a spaceship landed in her hospital often.
"Thank you," he replied, straitening his bow tie and brushing his bangs out of his face.
He walked over to his TARDIS and closed the door behind him, moving it into the corner of the waiting room. He sat down in the cushioned chair by the big consul.
"Is this why you brought me here?" he asked aloud, knowing there was no answer. "So I could be here for myself while Rose has a child that belongs to my clone?"
Just then the door opened. It was John, his face was white and sweaty and he looked as if he was going to pass out. "I couldn't handle the birth of my first child either!" He said aloud.
The Doctor laughed, as if remembering a distant and amusing memory.
"You'll be fine," the o Doctor said, getting up and walking over to John. He put his hand on his shoulder.
John smiled and took a deep breath. There was a knock on the door.
The Doctor went to the door and opened it a crack. It was Martha Jones. "It's a girl," she said smiling.
Both the Doctors rushed out the door of the TARDIS. John was in the lead and the Doctor was right behind him.
When they got into the room, Rose was laying in a hospital bed, her hair plastered to her forehead with sweat. In her arms was a pink blanket.
John slowly walked toward Rose and his new born daughter. He smiled down at Rose and then looked over at his baby with warm brown eyes.
Rose looked over at the Doctor who stood in the corner of the room watching the scene unfold. "Well come over here Doctor," she said.
The Doctor walked shyly over to the bed. Rose held up her baby and the Doctor held her lightly. As he looked at the face of the little girl, he smiled.
"I know what I want to name her," Rose said to her husband.
"And what would that be dear?" He asked back, kissing her forehead.
"Amy," she said. The Doctor looked up suddenly. "Amy Pond Tyler Smith," the Doctor looked back down at the little girl.
"Well hello there little Amy," a small tear slipped down his cheek. "When one is lost, another even greater one takes its place," he said.
He handed Amy back to Rose, and nodded to both of them. "Thank you, it was absolutely wonderful seeing you both again," he said to them.
They both looked up at him in shock. "What do you mean? You can't leave now," said Rose handing her child to its father as she spoke.
"Rose," the Doctor began. "everyone has to go at some point. Take care of her, okay? And make sure u keep an eye on him too," he pointed at John.
Rose shook her head. "It was great seeing you again Doctor," she said, her voice cracked.
"Being lonely isn't alway the best thing," John said to the Doctor. "Everything will work out, I promise you that,"
The Doctor nodded and then turned and walked toward the door. "Goodbye Rose, goodbye John," he stopped as he walked out the door.
John gave him a nod, and Rose said Goodbye. The words still echoed inside the Doctor's head as he pulled the levers and pushed the buttons in the TARDIS. A single tear stayed on his cheek as his machine flew through time and space.